"Joseph Fitch, probably youngest son of Thomas and Anna (Reeve) Fitch, was born about 1630 in Bocking and died in East (now South) Windsor shortly before Oct. 3, 1727, probably between April 3 and Oct. 3, of that year, aged about 97 years. He was certainly living Nov. 17, 1719, aged about 90 years. This age may be accepted by those who doubt that he reached the age of 97. … Joseph Fitch is first mentioned as an inhabitant of Norwalk, Conn., where his older brother, Thomas Fitch, settled, probably at the same time. In 1650-1 Joseph was the owner of Lot No. 5 in that plantation, but in three years or less he had sold the lot to Mark St. John, and removed to Northampton, Mass. After a year or at most two years, he returned to Hartford. He paid the mill tax at Hartford for the years 1655-57, amounting to £14-07-03. He purchased the home lot of Richard Goodman, who removed to Hadley, Mass., in 1660, …"
